Noh mask art gallery |
You can see some of the Noh masks created by Mistue Nakamura.
(Photo: Yuto Hirakakiuchi)
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Ho-zo
It is a kind of the mask of Zouonna called Houzou. Created in Muromachi period, the mask has a gentle facial expression. It passed down in Bizen Ikeda family for generations.
Reference:
“Noh-no-men”, Yasuo Nakamura, Kawahara syoten publishing
“Noh-men-nyuumon”, Nobutaka Konparu, Syouzou Masuda, and Sanjiro Kitazawa, Heibonsya, Ltd.